Life Satisfaction Index (LSI)
Neugarten and Havighurst‚ 1961
شاخص خشنودی (رضایت) از زندگی
1. As I grow older‚ things seem better than I thought they would be.
2. I have gotten more of the breaks in life than most of the people I know.
3. This is the dreariest time of my life.
4. I am just as happy as when I was younger.
5. My life could be happier than it is now.
6. These are the best years of my life.
7. Most of the things I do are boring or monotonous.
8. I expect some interesting and pleasant things to happen to me in the future.
9. The things I do are as interesting to me as they ever were.
10.I feel old and somewhat tired.
11.I feel my age‚ but it does not bother me.
12.As I look back on my life‚ I am fairly well satisfied.
13.I would not change my past life even if I could.
14.Compared to other people my age‚ I’ve made a lot of foolish decisions in my life.
15.Compared to other people my age‚ I make a good appearance.
16.I have made plans for things I’ll be doing a month or a year from now.
17.When I think back over my life‚ I didn’t get most of the important things I wanted.
18.Compared to other people‚ I get down in the dumps too often.
19.I’ve gotten pretty much what I expected out of life.
20.In spite of what people say‚ the lot of the average man is getting worse‚ not better.
شرح سایت روان سنجی: احساس عمومی سلامتی را در میان افراد مسن در برابر کهنسالی را می سنجد. نسخه های گوناگونی برای "شاخص رضایت از زندگی" وجود دارد. نسخه A به نام LSIA دارای 12 گزاره مثبت و هشت گزاره منفی است. نسخه B، LSIB 12 گزاره با مقیاسی سه ارزشی و نسخه Z، LSIZ که توسط "وود و همکاران " همچنین نسخه هایی توسط "آدامز" و "هریس" ارائه شده است.
Life Satisfaction Index A (LSIA)
Life Satisfaction Index B (LSIB)
Life Satisfaction Index Z (LSIZ; Wood et al.‚ 1969)
18-item version (Adams‚ 1969)
8-item version (LSIW; James et al.‚ 1986)
30-item version (Maynard‚ 1993)
12 –item “Life Satisfaction Index for the Third Age – Short Form (LSITA- SF; Barrett‚ and Murk‚ 2006)
اعتبار: هماهنگی درونی ، در انواع نسخه ها، از 0.70 تا 0.90 گزارش شده است. بجز "آبراهام" که کودر ریچارسون را از 0.11 تا 0.60 گزارش می کند.
نمره گذاری: در نسخه های نخست، نمره گذاری دو ارزشی بود، و "هریس" نمره گذاری سه ارزشی را پیشنهاد کرد.
"؟" همواره ارزش (1) و موافقت یا مخالفت ارزش (2 یا صفر) دارد.
Agree‚ Disagree‚?
Agree = (2)‚ Disagree= (0): Items 1‚ 2‚ 4‚ 6‚ 8‚ 9‚ 11‚ 12‚ 13‚ 15‚ 16‚ and 19
Agree = (0)‚ Disagree= (2): Items 3‚ 5‚ 7‚ 10‚ 14‚ 17‚ 18‚ and 20
چگونگی دستیابی
منبع برای آگاهی بیشتر
Neugarten‚ B.J.‚ Havighurst‚ R.J.‚ & Tobin‚ S.S. (1961). The Measurement of Life Satisfaction. Journal of Gerontology‚ 16‚ 134-143.
Wood‚ V.‚ Wylie‚ M.L.‚ & Sheafor‚ B. (1969). An Analysis of a Short Self-Report Measure of Life Satisfaction: Correlation With Rater Judgments. Journal of Gerontology‚ 24‚ 465-469.
Adams‚ D.L. (1969). Analysis of a Life Satisfaction Index. Journal of Gerontology‚ 24‚ 470-474.
Harris‚ L. (1975). The myth and reality of aging in America. Washington‚ DC: National Council on the Aging.
Helmes‚ E.‚ Goffin‚ R.D.‚ Chrisjohn‚ R.D. (1988). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Life Satisfaction Index. Soc Indicat Res‚ 45:371–390.
Abraham‚ I.L. (1992). Longitudinal reliability of the Life Satisfaction Index (short form) with nursing home residents: a cautionary note.Percept Mot Skills‚ 75:665–666.
Stock‚ W.A.‚ Okun‚ M.A.‚ Gómez‚ Benito. J. (1994). Subjective well-being measures: reliability and validity among Spanish elders. Int J Aging Hum Devel‚ 38:221–235.
Barrett‚ A.J.‚ & Murk‚ P.J. (2006). Life Satisfaction Index for the Third Age (LSITA): A Measurement of Successful Aging. In E. P. Isaac (Ed.)‚ Proceedings of the 2006 Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult‚ Continuing‚ and Community Education (pp. 7-12). St. Louis: University of Missouri-St. Louis.
McDowell‚ Ian. (2006). Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires‚ Third Edition. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS